Howard
Consultant, Boston Office
Education
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
A.B. in Economics, 2002
Activities at Princeton: The Princeton Tiger Business Manager and writer, College Republicans member and active in Jewish life on campus
Memories of Princeton: Senior year, I promised to dye my hair orange and black tiger stripes if I succeeded in finding a job. There's something fantastic about going to an elegant restaurant with your parents when your hair is striped orange and black.
Hometown
Livingston, NJ
ZS Career Path
Operations Research Analyst, 2003
Operations Research Associate Consultant, 2005
Consultant, 2006
-moved to Boston, 2006
On the work
"I worked on designing an incentive compensation plan for the US sales team of an international pharmaceutical company. My role involved evaluating the success and fairness of the previous year's plan along with designing and simulating enhancements for the new year. I had a great opportunity to shape both the analysis and the client presentations. We incorporated added input from the field this year to achieve better buy-in, and the plan successfully incorporated many of our learnings from the previous year."
On ZS values
Treat People Right: "On one project, I was using a tool that ZS developed for optimizing the size and structure of a sales force. This was my first time using the tool and I needed to use it in a somewhat unorthodox way. I sought out the help of two office experts who, despite being extremely busy on other projects, gladly took the time to answer my questions and also to suggest other approaches to my problems."
On life outside work
"I spend a lot of time with my wife and with my family. We're a pretty tight-knit family, so it's nice to be near them. Other interests include reading (particularly anything related to public policy—I'm a political junkee) and watching football and hockey."